KIRK Technical Analysis - KIRKLAND'S INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 7 out of 10 to KIRK. In the last year, KIRK was an average performer in the market. There are positive signs in the very recent evolution, but the medium term picture is still mixed.

The long term trend is still neutral, but the short term trend is positive, so the stock is getting more and more appreciated by traders and investors.

KIRK is part of the Specialty Retail industry. There are 119 other stocks in this industry. KIRK outperforms 74% of them.

Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days, which is what you like to see during a strong movement up.

Looking at the yearly performance, KIRK did better than 78% of all other stocks. However, this relatively good performance is mostly due to a recent big move.

KIRK is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so KIRK is lagging the market.

In the last month KIRK has a been trading in the 1.07 - 2.26 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although KIRK has an excellent technical rating, it does not present a decent entry opportunity at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

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1.87

When analyzing the support we can see 2 important areas.

A support zone ranging from 1.22 to 1.23. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
Support @1.07 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

We found 1 important resistance area.

A resistance zone ranging from 1.83 to 1.85. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The long term trend for KIRK is neutral.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for KIRK is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	78.72	POSITIVE	KIRK has a high relative strength, it outperformed 78.72% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KIRK is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of KIRK is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	MIXED	The current price of KIRK is above a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	64.89	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for KIRK is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.05	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests KIRK has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	39.23	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for KIRK is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	8.48	HIGH VOLATILITY	The high ATR as a percentage value for KIRK suggests high volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	35.62	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for KIRK suggests a strong trend.